Idaho One of Two Western States to Win Multiple Regional Awards from National Transportation Organization
BOISE - Two Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) efforts -- a massive clean up of a landslide in north-central Idaho, and the final piece of an interchange construction plan in eastern Idaho that significantly cut serious crashes -- won regional awards yesterday (Wednesday, June 28) in Juneau, Alaska. Regional winners in the America's Transportation Awards were announced during the annual conference of the Western Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (WASHTO). Idaho was...
Five Western States Receive Top Honors in National Competition
JUNEAU, AK. – State department of transportation projects that restored essential highways following devastating landslides and improved safety for motorists and wildlife are among the winners in the western regional America’s Transportation Awards competition. Celebrating its 10th year, the competition attracted 30 project nominations from 12 western states. Eight projects from five of those states are today receiving top awards. “Every project nominated in this competition represents the ha...
Lystek Wins Wastewater Technology & Company of the Year Awards for its Market Leading Solutions in Biosolids Management
Toronto, ON – On June 22, the 6th Annual Water’s Next Award ceremonies were held at the Sheraton Centre Hotel, in Toronto. As part of the proceedings, Cambridge-based Lystek International was presented with two, national Water’s Next Awards – the first in the Project/Technology – Wastewater category and the second for overall Company of the Year. The awards were presented to the company in recognition of their market-leading technical solutions, customer satisfaction and numerous achievements i...
Industry Award Winners Announced By Plastics Pipe Institute
IRVING, Texas - June 26, 2017 – The Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI), announced this year's winners for its Members and Projects of the Year Awards Program at its Annual Meeting in Palm Beach, Florida on May 23, 2017 at the PGA National Resort and Spa. All entries submitted were reviewed, evaluated and voted upon by PPI members who hold leadership roles within PPI’s Divisions. Winners were selected based on outstanding service contributions to the industry, and exceptional achievements showc...
Clark Honored with Heritage Award for Role in Shaping the Los Angeles Landscape
Earlier this month, Clark Construction Group was honored by non-profit organization Project Restore with a Los Angeles Heritage Award for the firm’s role in shaping and strengthening the Los Angeles built environment. Clark’s Western Region President and CEO, Richard Heim, accepted the award on the company’s behalf. Clark is the first construction company to be honored with the prestigious award. More than 500 guests, including Heritage Award co-honoree Brenda A. Levin, FAIA, Los Angeles Cit...
MGM Resorts International Earns 4 Green Globes Certifications for 26 Properties
Las Vegas – The Green Building Initiative (GBI) is pleased to announce that MGM Resorts International has earned Four Green Globes® certifications for 26 retrofit building projects at various MGM Resorts’ Las Vegas properties. More than 45 million square feet of hotels, casinos, convention centers and resort campus spaces were retrofit to save energy and water, improve the indoor environment for guests and staff, reduce emissions and resource waste, and employ environmental management methods....
BASE's The Ritz-Carlton Residences Waikiki Beach, Phase 1 Wins Top Post-Tensioning Institute Award
MOUNT PROSPECT, ILLINOIS – Baldridge & Associates Structural Engineering, Inc. (BASE) has announced that The Ritz-Carlton Residences Waikiki Beach, Phase 1 was awarded 2017 Project of the Year by the Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI). The PTI awards are given biennially and recognizes projects worldwide for excellence in its application of post-tensioned concrete. BASE was the structural engineer of record for this project developed by PACREP, LLC, designed by Guerin Glass Architects, and constr...
Finlay Park Receives an Honor Award for Analysis & Planning from the American Society of Landscape Architecture Southeast Regional Conference
The American Society of Landscape Architecture (ASLA) recently held their Southeast Regional Conference in June where they announced the 2017 design award winners. Finlay Park Master Plan in Columbia, South Carolina won an Honor Award in the Analysis and Planning Category – among the top awards for the program. The City of Columbia and the design team, which includes Stantec, Civitas, Liollio Architecture, HR&A Advisors, Cox & Dinkins, Chao & Associates, Cumming, Comprehensive Business Consultan...
North Carolina’s Davidson Rural Area Plan Wins Two Design Awards for Planning and Sustainability
The Town of Davidson Rural Area Plan recently won two awards for design excellence. The first award is the Marvin Collins Planning Award in the Implementation/Small Community category from the North Carolina Chapter of the American Planning Association Awards (APA-NC). The APA-NC Marvin Collins award recognizes a highly effective and/or successful plan, project, or ordinance implemented or adopted in the current or past five years. The judges noted that Davidson Rural Area Plan, “was an...
Dixon’s Wastewater Treatment Facility Earns Envision Silver Award from Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure
Dixon’s Wastewater Treatment Facility in California is the recent recipient of the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI) Envision Silver award. The Envision sustainable infrastructure rating system verifies the sustainability of infrastructure projects across the full range of environmental, social, and economic impacts. The City of Dixon’s Wastewater Treatment Facility Improvements project is the culmination of years of collaboration between the city, Stantec Consulting, state...